Flora of North America species comparison

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Calystegia soldanella

Calystegia felix

beach bindweed, beach false bindweed, beach morning-glory, coast morning-glory, seashore false bindweed, seaside morning-glory

lucky false bindweed, lucky morning-glory
Habit Perennials, rhizomatous. Perennials, rhizomatous.
Herbage

glabrous.

glabrous or sparsely hairy.
Stems

usually prostrate or trailing, sometimes twining-climbing, to 100(–250) cm.

trailing or twining-climbing.
Leaves

blade ± reniform, 15–35(–45) × 20–60(–70) mm, ± fleshy), base ± cuneate, apex emarginate or obtuse.

blade oblong, oblong-ovate, orbiculate, or ovate, 45–122 × 30–96 mm, base cordate and lobes rounded or base cuneate to ± truncate.
Bracts

immediately subtending sepals, ovate to suborbiculate, 7–16 × 5–10 mm, proximally flat, ± enfolding sepals.

(1–)2–3(–4) mm distant from sepals, narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, 5–14 × 1–2.5(–3.5) mm, shorter than or equal to sepals, proximally flat, margins entire.
Flowers

sepals 10–16 mm;

corolla pink, 32–52 mm.

sepals lance-ovate to narrowly oblong, outers 8–11 × 2.5–5 mm, inners 11–15 × 3.5–4 mm;

corolla white with yellow or purplish stripes, 27–45 mm.
2n

= 22 [Asia, Europe].

Calystegia soldanella

Calystegia felix
Phenology Flowering May–Aug. Flowering Mar–Sep.
Habitat Open, sandy shores. Poorly drained alkali silt loams, disturbed sites.
Elevation 0(–10) m. (0(–0) ft.) 10–300 m. (0–1000 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; OR; VA; WA; BC; South America; w Europe; Asia; Africa; Atlantic Islands (Canary Islands, Tristan da Cunha); Pacific Islands (Galapagos, New Zealand); Australia
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from FNA
CA
Source FNA vol. 14. FNA vol. 14.
Parent taxa Convolvulaceae > Calystegia Convolvulaceae > Calystegia
Sibling taxa
C. atriplicifolia, C. catesbeiana, C. collina, C. felix, C. hederacea, C. longipes, C. macounii, C. macrostegia, C. malacophylla, C. occidentalis, C. peirsonii, C. pubescens, C. purpurata, C. sepium, C. silvatica, C. spithamaea, C. stebbinsii, C. subacaulis, C. vanzuukiae
C. atriplicifolia, C. catesbeiana, C. collina, C. hederacea, C. longipes, C. macounii, C. macrostegia, C. malacophylla, C. occidentalis, C. peirsonii, C. pubescens, C. purpurata, C. sepium, C. silvatica, C. soldanella, C. spithamaea, C. stebbinsii, C. subacaulis, C. vanzuukiae
Synonyms Convolvulus soldanella
Name authority (Linnaeus) R. Brown: Prodr., 484. (1810) Provance & A. C. Sanders: PhytoKeys 32: 5, figs. 1–3. (2013)
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